Lindsey Weier Leads 'Cats At Ncaa Nationals

MARQUETTE, Mich. ÃƒƒÃ‚¢Ãƒ‚Ã‚€Ãƒ‚Ã‚“ The Northern Michigan University womenÃƒƒÃ‚¢Ãƒ‚Ã‚€Ãƒ‚Ã‚™s cross country ski team recently competed at the NCAA SkiingChampionships which were held in Truckee, Calif. ÃƒƒÃ‚‚Ãƒ‚Ã‚ ÃƒƒÃ‚‚Ãƒ‚Ã‚ The ÃƒƒÃ‚¢Ãƒ‚Ã‚€Ãƒ‚Ã‚˜Cats finished in 12thplace with 198.5 points as New Mexico won the championships with 623 points.

Lindsay Williams led the ÃƒƒÃ‚¢Ãƒ‚Ã‚€Ãƒ‚Ã‚˜Cats in the 5K freestyle techniquerace as she was 24th in the event with a time of 12:50.5.ÃƒƒÃ‚‚Ãƒ‚Ã‚ She wasfollowed by Lindsey Weier in the 28th place slot (12:55.1) andRachel Daw who was 35th in the event (13:19.8).ÃƒƒÃ‚‚Ãƒ‚Ã‚

The next cross county race on the schedule was the 15Kclassic event as Weier earned NCAA All-America honors by placing sixth in theevent with a clocking of 53:31.0.ÃƒƒÃ‚‚Ãƒ‚Ã‚ Williams was the next ÃƒƒÃ‚¢Ãƒ‚Ã‚€Ãƒ‚Ã‚˜Cat to ski across thefinish line as she was 19th (55:26.3).ÃƒƒÃ‚‚Ãƒ‚Ã‚ Daw placed 27thin the race (55:52.5).